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    This document lists 7 insects that are used for biological control of various weeds. It provides the common name and scientific name of each insect, as well as the weed that it helps control. Some of the insect-weed pairings included are the parthenium beetle which controls congress grass and parthenium, the opuntia cochineal scale which controls prickly pear cactus, and the salvinia weevil which controls water ferns. Biological control uses predator insects that have adapted to only feed on specific weed species, helping reduce weed populations in a natural way.

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    This document lists 7 insects that are used for biological control of various weeds. It provides the common name and scientific name of each insect, as well as the weed that it helps control. Some of the insect-weed pairings included are the parthenium beetle which controls congress grass and parthenium, the opuntia cochineal scale which controls prickly pear cactus, and the salvinia weevil which controls water ferns. Biological control uses predator insects that have adapted to only feed on specific weed species, helping reduce weed populations in a natural way.

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    This document lists 7 insects that are used for biological control of various weeds. It provides the common name and scientific name of each insect, as well as the weed that it helps control. Some of the insect-weed pairings included are the parthenium beetle which controls congress grass and parthenium, the opuntia cochineal scale which controls prickly pear cactus, and the salvinia weevil which controls water ferns. Biological control uses predator insects that have adapted to only feed on specific weed species, helping reduce weed populations in a natural way.

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    BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WEEDS

    Sl. No. Name of the insect Weed controlled


    1. Parthenium beetle/ Mexican beetle, Congress grass/ Carrot weed/
    Zygogramma bicolorata Parthenium,
    (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera) Parthenium hysterophorus
    (Asteraceae)
    2. Opuntia cochineal scale/ False carmine Prickly pear/ Pear cactus,
    cochineal scale, Opuntia dilleni
    Dactylopius opuntiae (Cactaceae)
    (Dactylopiidae: Hemiptera)
    3. Stem mining weevil, Canada thistle,
    Hadroplontus litura Cirsium arvense
    (Curculionidae:Coleoptera) (Asteraceae)
    Canada thistle gall fly,
    Urophora cardui
    (Tephritidae: Diptera)
    4. Lantana seed fly, Lantana weed,
    Ophiomyia lantanae Lantana camara
    (Agromyzidae: Diptera) (Verbenaceae)
    Lantana lace bug,
    Teleonemia scrupulosa
    (Tingidae: Hemiptera)
    5. Bull thistle gall fly, Bull thistle,
    Urophora stylata Cirsium vulgare
    (Tephritidae: Diptera) (Asteraceae)
    6. Salvinia weevil, Water fern,
    Cyrtobagous salviniae Salvinia molesta and Salvinia minima
    (Curculionidae: Coleoptera) (Salvinaceae)
    7. Mottled water hyacinth weevil, Water hyacinth,
    Neochetina eichhorniae and Pontederia crassipes
    Neochetina bruchi (Pontederiaceae)
    (Brachyceridae: Coleoptera)
    Water hyacinth mite,
    Orthogalumna terebrantis
    (Galumnidae: Acari)

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